Filed under: Australian Open, WTA
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Venus Williams lasted just seven points in her third-round match Friday at the Australian Open, forced to withdraw due to injury from a Grand Slam singles match for the first time in her career.
After losing the first game to Andrea Petkovic of Germany and trailing in the second, Williams stretched to her right to return a serve, hit the ball and then cried out in pain, clutching toward her stomach on her right side. It was soon clear that she couldn't continue.
"Obviously I just couldn't play," Williams said. "I couldn't move, it was too painful."
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